Editing Big Timber, Montana (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.95|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

===Climate===
Big Timber has a [[semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cool semi-arid climate]] (Köppen ''BSk'') bordering on a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb''). Although winters can be frigid, frequent [[chinook wind]]s will raise temperatures above {{convert|50|F|C|disp=or}} on an average twenty days between December and February, and have raised them to or above {{convert|68|F|C|disp=or}} on ten occasions during these months since 1894.<ref name="NOW">National Weather Service, Billings, MT; [http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=byz NOW Data]</ref> The chinooks mean Big Timber's 31.3 days per year failing to top freezing is among the fewest in Montana, with the average window for such maxima being from November 11 to March 18.<ref name="NOW"/> In the absence of chinooks, temperatures fall to {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}} on seventeen mornings during an average winter, although such temperatures were reached just once in 1999/2000 but as many as thirty-four times during the very cold winters of 1935/1936 and 1978/1979. The average window for zero temperatures is from December 4 to February 25. The coldest temperature in Big Timber has been {{convert|&minus;47|F|C|1}} during [[1936 North American cold wave|the notorious 1936 cold wave]] on February 15, whilst February 1936 was also the coldest month on record at {{convert|5.0|F|C|disp=or}}, shading January 1916 which averaged {{convert|5.5|F|C|disp=or}}.

Spring is typically windy with temperatures nearly as variable as in winter: the last frost typically arrives on May 19, but temperatures have reached {{convert|80|F|C|1|disp=or}} as early as March 22 of 1928 and have fallen to {{convert|0|F|C|1|disp=or}} as late as April 13, 1928 and April 12, 1997. Late in spring thunderstorms increase in frequency and during late spring and early summer these provide most of Big Timber's annual precipitation. The wettest calendar year since 1894 has been 1957 with {{convert|25.71|in|mm|1}} and the driest 1939 with {{convert|9.38|in|mm|1}}, whilst the wettest single month has been May 1981 with {{convert|7.69|in|mm|1}}

During the summer, days can be very hot, with maxima of {{convert|90|F|C|1|disp=or}} on 28.5 afternoons and over {{convert|100|F|C|1|disp=or}} on 1.1, although mornings very rarely stay above {{convert|65|F|C|1|disp=or}}. The record hottest temperature is {{convert|110|F|C|1}} on July 21, 1931 and the hottest morning {{convert|73|F|C|1}} on July 31 of 1936.

The fall season is usually short and variable, with snow occasionally falling in September, but at other times hot weather can extend into October or even November.
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{{Weather box
|location = Big Timber, Montana, 1991&ndash;2020 normals, extremes 1894&ndash;present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = yes
|Jan record high F = 78
|Feb record high F = 72
|Mar record high F = 80
|Apr record high F = 89
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 80

|Jan avg record high F = 56.1
|Feb avg record high F = 58.7
|Mar avg record high F = 68.0
|Apr avg record high F = 77.0
|May avg record high F = 84.0
|Jun avg record high F = 92.0
|Jul avg record high F = 97.5
|Aug avg record high F = 96.3
|Sep avg record high F = 91.3
|Oct avg record high F = 80.0
|Nov avg record high F = 65.6
|Dec avg record high F = 56.4
|year avg record high F = 98.3

|Jan high F = 38.1
|Feb high F = 40.0
|Mar high F = 49.3
|Apr high F = 56.8
|May high F = 66.6
|Jun high F = 75.8
|Jul high F = 86.2
|Aug high F = 84.9
|Sep high F = 74.1
|Oct high F = 59.0
|Nov high F = 45.9
|Dec high F = 37.2
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 28.8
|Feb mean F = 29.8
|Mar mean F = 37.7
|Apr mean F = 44.6
|May mean F = 53.4
|Jun mean F = 61.9
|Jul mean F = 69.8
|Aug mean F = 68.1
|Sep mean F = 58.8
|Oct mean F = 46.7
|Nov mean F = 35.9
|Dec mean F = 28.4
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 19.5
|Feb low F = 19.6
|Mar low F = 26.0
|Apr low F = 32.4
|May low F = 40.3
|Jun low F = 47.9
|Jul low F = 53.5
|Aug low F = 51.3
|Sep low F = 43.4
|Oct low F = 34.4
|Nov low F = 26.0
|Dec low F = 19.5
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -10.8
|Feb avg record low F = -6.3
|Mar avg record low F = 2.3
|Apr avg record low F = 17.2
|May avg record low F = 26.6
|Jun avg record low F = 36.8
|Jul avg record low F = 44.3
|Aug avg record low F = 40.2
|Sep avg record low F = 30.1
|Oct avg record low F = 14.3
|Nov avg record low F = 0.3
|Dec avg record low F = -7.4
|year avg record low F = -20.5

|Jan record low F = -36
|Feb record low F = -47
|Mar record low F = -32
|Apr record low F = -10
|May record low F = 10
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 33
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = -14
|Nov record low F = -29
|Dec record low F = -38

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.73
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.65
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.98
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.18
|May precipitation inch = 3.06
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.63
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.38
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.99
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.31
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.51
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.78
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.73
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 7.1
|Feb snow inch = 10.8
|Mar snow inch = 9.1
|Apr snow inch = 3.6
|May snow inch = 0.6
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.5
|Oct snow inch = 4.8
|Nov snow inch = 7.9
|Dec snow inch = 10.2
|year snow inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.7
|Feb precipitation days = 4.4
|Mar precipitation days = 6.1
|Apr precipitation days = 8.6
|May precipitation days = 11.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.6
|Jul precipitation days = 7.5
|Aug precipitation days = 5.4
|Sep precipitation days = 6.3
|Oct precipitation days = 7.2
|Nov precipitation days = 4.9
|Dec precipitation days = 4.4

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.6
|Feb snow days = 3.1
|Mar snow days = 2.1
|Apr snow days = 1.3
|May snow days = 0.1
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.2
|Oct snow days = 1.2
|Nov snow days = 2.2
|Dec snow days = 2.4

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00240780&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
|access-date = August 5, 2022
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=byz
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
|access-date = August 5, 2022
}}
</ref>
}}</div>